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ALUKO Group to invest $107 million to open new aluminum manufacturing facility in Tennessee
The project will create 285 new jobs in Lauderdale County, and would be group's second project to locate in Tennessee in the last year.
Dec. 17, 2025
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$285 million in federal CHIPS Act funding cancelled for Durham-based Smart USA Institute
The organization said it was informed by the federal government that the decision was made “for convenience,” and is now evaluating next steps with its members.
Dec. 17, 2025
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Louisiana Economic Development says the production site will create 200 new jobs with an average salary of $90,000.
Dec. 16, 2025
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The overall unemployment rate rose to 4.6% as the overall economy lost a net 41,000 jobs over the past two months.
Dec. 16, 2025

Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

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In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Robert Brooks of American Machinist highlights research improving turbine blade durability.
Dec. 11, 2025
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Podcast: 4 myths about occupational exoskeletons
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, learn what is real and what is fake when it comes to occupational exoskeletons.
Dec. 9, 2025
Podcast: Year-end maintenance lessons and keeping crews engaged, safe, and production-ready during the holidays
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn also discusses why Santa’s workshop might be the most reliable plant on Earth and what the elf toy-making ...
Dec. 4, 2025
Podcast: How military precision can improve safety performance in manufacturing operations
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Caroline Johnson of DEKRA discusses bridging military discipline with industrial safety needs.
Dec. 3, 2025

Predictive Maintenance

Case Study: Advanced thermal camera with app-driven intelligence streamlines electrical testing workflows for Blackmon Power
Large-job inspection reporting time for the service contractor fell from 8-12 hours to under five minutes.
Nov. 25, 2025
Case Study: Advanced IoT and AI solidify KONE’s elevator and escalator predictive maintenance services
Learn how KONE achieved 70% more proactive fault detection and 40% fewer service disruptions across connected people-flow assets.
Oct. 15, 2025
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Reliability technologies come in many forms, but the strategies share common goals
Oct. 7, 2025
The true cost of manufacturing downtime: Why uptime must be a strategic KPI
Understand how financial leaders benefit when uptime data is integrated into strategic planning.
Sept. 30, 2025

Planned Maintenance

Reliability takes flight: Lessons from WWII fighter aircraft design
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This article explores how WWII fighter designs reveal core reliability principles still essential in today’s industrial and manufacturing environments.
Nov. 26, 2025
Maintenance Mindset: The hidden DNA of reliable systems
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Haeckel’s 'Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny' explains why reliability isn’t built overnight—it evolves through data, correction, and the inherited lessons of past designs.
Nov. 12, 2025
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Disaster recovery could come down to an accurate spare parts list and asset hierarchy. Where does your facility stand?
Nov. 6, 2025
Rising tariffs and supply chain pressures squeeze MRO pricing strategies
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Prominent MRO distributors indicate that tariff pressures from their suppliers are driving additional price increases.
Nov. 5, 2025

Motors & Drives

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Evaluate whether your team is prepared to detect early warning signs, apply proper grounding methods, and use condition monitoring effectively.
Dec. 5, 2025
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Experts at Schaeffler Group discuss the proper maintenance tools and advanced technologies for bearing predictive maintenance
Nov. 18, 2025
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Experts at Schaeffler Group discuss stray current damage and new technologies and materials to boost bearing performance
Nov. 14, 2025
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Not all inverter-duty motors are built the same—do you know how insulation quality impacts performance and lifespan?
Nov. 7, 2025

Compressed Air

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Test your knowledge of this critical component and see if you know how it affects energy efficiency, pressure stability, and compressor performance.
Oct. 3, 2025
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From leak detection to pressure control, do you know the proven strategies to optimize compressed air performance?
Aug. 29, 2025
Ask the Experts: How to achieve compressed air system efficiency gains
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In a time of business uncertainty and shrinking budgets, here's the top five actions that compressed air professionals recommend that plants should take to reduce their operating...
Aug. 19, 2025
Compressor system upgrades tackle reliability and contamination risks head-on
Sheila Kennedy explores how smart technologies are boosting compressor uptime, cutting maintenance needs, and improving overall system reliability.
June 17, 2025

Lubrication

The future of anti-wear chemistry: Copper’s role in industrial lubricants
Learn how copper additives (particularly copper oxides, salts, and nanoparticles) form tribofilms, reduce friction, and influence equipment reliability in industrial applications...
Dec. 8, 2025
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How KOH units standardize oil condition monitoring across industries
Discover why KOH equivalence is used to report TBN values and how it ensures consistency across oil condition monitoring programs.
Oct. 10, 2025
Maintenance Mindset: What color is your grease? Discover your plant’s lubrication personality
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It may not be parachutes, but this color-coded model can help you visually evaluate your lubrication program performance and identify areas for reliability improvement.
July 30, 2025
How to Mitigating Thickening in Industrial Systems
Discover the physical mechanisms behind grease thickening, the impact on lubrication systems, and practical engineering recommendations for preventing and mitigating this issue...
July 16, 2025

Learning Resources

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Learn from a Fortune 100 company’s apprenticeship program, the roles they focus on, and their results. Also, find out how to build your own apprenticeship program from the ground...
Dec. 5, 2025
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The session will close with the importance of benchmarking to uncover energy waste and how to plan ahead to keep systems running reliably while reducing maintenance costs.
Dec. 9, 2025
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Take an in-depth look at AI-powered asset management and learn actionable solutions to common challenges.
Oct. 29, 2025
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Learn what industry professionals revealed in our recent survey, and where improvements are needed.
Sept. 22, 2025